Avoid scams

Ask the right questions

• What is your name and what company do you represent?
• Who owns your company?
• What is your address?

If they avoid answering these questions, the deal they are offering you is probably a scam.

Do your own checks

• Always do your own research on a company
• Check the company’s Australian Financial Services (AFS) licence

Protect your personal information

• Do not give out any personal, banking or credit card information to anyone
• Check your bank and credit card statements every month
• Destroy all documents with your personal information on them
• Choose passwords that are hard to work out and never share your password with anyone else
• Avoid using the same password
• Be careful what you post online and, if you can, try to limit what you share.
• Make sure your privacy settings are up to date on social media accounts and share personal information with ‘friends only’

Secure your computer and mobile device by using private passwords

• Delete and do not open any unsolicited or suspicious emails you receive, and if you have opened them, do not click on any links in these emails.
• Enable security settings on your computer and mobile devices and install current anti-virus programs.

Reduce telemarketing calls

• You can put your name on the Do Not Call Register to remove your name from telemarketing phone lists.